Howard Gardner

Member Since: 1989

Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a leading thinker about education and human development; he has studied and written extensively about intelligence, creativity, leadership, and professional ethics. He has received honorary degrees from thirty colleges and universities, including institutions in Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, South Korea and Spain. Gardner’s most recent books include Good Work, Changing Minds,The Development and Education of the Mind, Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons, and Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed. His most recent book, co-authored with Katie Davis, is The App Generation, published in the fall of 2013. He is the winner of the 1990 Grawmeyer Award in Education, 2011 Asturias Prize in Social Science, and the 2015 Brock International Prize in Education. A Festschrift marking Gardner’s 70th brithday is available online at howardgardner.com, as is further information about this unique text.